Different ethnic groups have their own specialty foods and different regions have their favorites – especially around the holidays. One delicacy found almost exclusively in Akron is the little fried ...

Opposition to fracking--and fear of the process of fracturing shale to release gas and oil -- is increasingly centered on water. WKSU’s Tim Rudell has more on how that has led to experiments with new ...

The Ohio Department of Education today announced it’s retracting its evaluations of charter-school sponsors. The move comes after a department official admitted he had failed to include the grades of ...

An 18-year-old man has been charged in the murder of a prominent Akron attorney and his wife. Shawn Ford Jr., of Akron, has been accused of killing Jeffrey and Margaret Schobert in their New Franklin ...

The U.S. attorney’s office says 54-year-old Mark. Kershey stole the millions over 16 years by creating a dummy company called Aircraft Parts Services. He then allegedly used the company to bill ...

David Pepper says the Ohio Democratic Party needs new leadership and new energy. Courtesy of David Pepper campaign The race to replace Chris Redfern as the chair of the Ohio Democratic Party rages on ...

On October 2, 2008, Sladjana Vidovic's older sister found her hanging out of a window with a rope around her neck. She was 16 and said in her suicide note that for half of her life, ever since her ...

The work stoppage at Aurora bearing company Rotek continues, but a meeting is set between the two sides as the conflict hits its 11th month. WKSU’s Kabir Bhatia reports.

Homelessness, PTSD, substance abuse and sexual assault are among the issues returning vets are facing. Hundreds of people representing scores of community agencies met with the Cleveland VA in ...

Kent State University researchers have received a grant to study how people react to disaster alerts over social media. Geography professor Jay Lee and his team will use the $300,000 National Science ...

Parishes across the eight county Cleveland Catholic Diocese are adjusting to this weekend's announcements on which churches close their doors. After 2 years of study, Bishop Richard Lennon plans to ...

In a move to trim production and labor costs under bankruptcy protection, General Motors is closing plants, including one in the Mansfield area and part of another in Parma. A service and parts ...